A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Isabela in Puerto Rico. Unique identifier: us6000ahf5. Ids that are associated to the event: pt20175003, us6000ahf5. The temblor was picked up at 20:34:01 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 36.09 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/06/20 / 2020-06-23 20:34:01 / June 23, 2020 @ 8:34 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0923 West, latitude 19.2247 North, depth = 36.09 km.
Nearby country/countries, Puerto Rico (c. 3 917 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aguada, Arecibo, Moca. Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Arecibo (c. 49 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Aguadilla (c. 16 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Isabela (c. 12 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Hatillo (c. 5 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Quebradillas (c. 5 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Moca (c. 5 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Camuy (c. 4 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days one thousand and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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